CyberSecurity Reality Check: Attackers Winning?

This past year’s wave of high-profile, extremely sophisticated cyberattacks are a watershed moment for the security field, according to RSA chief Arthur Coviello.

SAN FRANCISCO (CNNMoney) — This past year’s wave of high-profile, extremely sophisticated cyberattacks are a watershed moment for the security field, according to RSA chief Arthur Coviello.

“People in our line of work have been going through hell in the past 12 months,” Coviello said during his kickoff keynote for RSA’s 2012 conference, one of the largest annual gatherings of U.S. cybersecurity professionals. “Our networks will be penetrated. We should no longer be surprised by this.”